Kärstna is a village in
Viljandi Parish
Viljandi Parish () is a rural Municipalities of Estonia, municipality of Viljandi County, Estonia. It is located around the town of Viljandi, but does not include it.
Viljandi Parish was established by merging four municipalities: Paistu Parish, ...
,
Viljandi County
Viljandi County ( or ''Viljandimaa''; ) is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is located in southern Estonia bordering Pärnu, Järva, Jõgeva, Tartu and Valga counties as well as Latvia.
History
Viljandimaa, under the German name of ''Krei ...
,
Estonia
Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...
. Until the 2017 administrative reform of Estonian municipalities the village was located in
Tarvastu Parish.
Kärstna manor
Kärstna () manor traces its history back to 1678, when the estate was founded. Subsequently, it belonged to various
Baltic German
Baltic Germans ( or , later ) are Germans, ethnic German inhabitants of the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea, in what today are Estonia and Latvia. Since Flight and expulsion of Germans (1944–1950), their resettlement in 1945 after the end ...
families from the
local upper-class. In 1740, it became the property of the
Anrep family and stayed in their hands for much of its later history. It thus was the property of explorer
Reinhold von Anrep-Elmpt, his father
Russian
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*A citizen of Russia
*Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages
*''The Russians'', a b ...
general
Joseph Carl von Anrep
Joseph Carl von Anrep (; 6 February 1798 – 28 June 1860) was a Baltic German general during the Crimean War. He was a member of the Russian branch of the Anrep family, the son of Heinrich Reinhold von Anrep, a general of the Russian cavalry d ...
, and his father, Reinhold von Arnep, also a general. A monument commemorating the latter, who died in the
Battle of Mohrungen
In the Battle of Mohrungen on 25 January 1807, most of a First French Empire corps under the leadership of Marshal Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte fought a strong Russian Empire advance guard led by Major General Yevgeni Ivanovich Markov. The Fren ...
during the
War of the Fourth Coalition
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, is located near the manor house. The manor house was built in the mid-18th century and rebuilt in the early 20th century, but was destroyed in a fire soon after. The building received its present appearance during the subsequent rebuilding, led by
Riga
Riga ( ) is the capital, Primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Latvia, largest city of Latvia. Home to 591,882 inhabitants (as of 2025), the city accounts for a third of Latvia's total population. The population of Riga Planni ...
-based architect
Otto Wildau. A park was laid out for the house in 1904, designed by
Walter von Engelhardt, also from Riga.
See also
*
List of palaces and manor houses in Estonia
This is a list of palaces and manor houses in Estonia. This list does not include castles, which are listed in a List of castles in Estonia, separate article. As there are at least 400 manor houses in Estonia, this list is incomplete.
Palaces an ...
References
External links
Kärstna manorat Estonian Manors Portal
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Villages in Viljandi County
Kreis Fellin